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Girth hitch your tether

BCHunter

BCHunter

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No need for castration bands or going through twice, just girth hitch it to end the slide.
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So haven't grabbed a rope yet, but seems in my head this only works on spliced or sewn ropes. The knot would not allow the loop to be big enough to fish a Ropeman thru. Funny I use this on my finger sling for my bow, but never occurred to use it on my tether.
So for those wondering...put your index finger and thumb up in loop. Turn them outward and down to grab both halfs of the loop. Pull up and you formed 2 loops, one on your finger and other on your thumb. Put together and work them till they are big enough to get your Ropeman or prusik through.
 
I can't wait to get home and try this. My go-to is the double wrap around the tree with a biner. This cuts extra rope but more important I think would be easier to adjust.
 
kenn1320 said:
So haven't grabbed a rope yet, but seems in my head this only works on spliced or sewn ropes. The knot would not allow the loop to be big enough to fish a Ropeman thru. Funny I use this on my finger sling for my bow, but never occurred to use it on my tether.
So for those wondering...put your index finger and thumb up in loop. Turn them outward and down to grab both halfs of the loop. Pull up and you formed 2 loops, one on your finger and other on your thumb. Put together and work them till they are big enough to get your Ropeman or prusik through.
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It will work on any rope (if I read your post right). Tie a girth like you described, then reverse engineer it so you can tie it using the free end over the end where the prussick/rope man is. Like any hitchance that is tied around a pole, instead of forming it and slipping it over. Or not. Just my opinion. I would ensure the free end was long enough not to slip back through. Or tie a stopper knot.
 
Nutterbuster said:
I've played with doing that before, but just don't personally experience much trouble with tether slide. Only time it was really a thing is when I was hunting from a platform and could fully unload the tether.
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Yeah, I don't usually do it either, but we always get the question on here. Thought I would share.

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BCHunter said:
Yeah, I don't usually do it either, but we always get the question on here. Thought I would share.

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I saw Ernie do de same thing at Saddle palooza last year. I had completely forgot about it so thank you for reminding me. Since switching to a two-in-one lineman's belt and tether and hunting off of a platform anytime I unload my tether it tends to move a bit so I believe this will help fix that.

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denots said:
I saw Ernie do de same thing at Saddle palooza last year. I had completely forgot about it so thank you for reminding me. Since switching to a two-in-one lineman's belt and tether and hunting off of a platform anytime I unload my tether it tends to move a bit so I believe this will help fix that.

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I get tether slide on my lone wolf because I use a rock harness. Used to use a 1/4 Amsteel prussick to hold the tree rope tight (bungee with a lace lock worked also). Now that I'm moving to a saddle, nice to see so many options. You guys are definitely white wizard s.
 
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